Opinion: Marco Rubio's State of the Union Moment

Columnist Dan Henninger on the GOP's choosing Marco Rubio to give the party's response to this year's State of the Union address. Photos: Getty Images

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... the center marker Rubio WhatsApp this week to give the Republican response ... to present a bomb is upcoming State of the Union address so ... is Senator Rubio becoming the face of the GOP ... Wonderland Columnist Dan Henninger is here ... said and ... is seen ... he looks like he is of Mary seems to be you know taking this job on he's appearing everywhere he's become your own world again update on immigration and now he's doing the state of the Union response ... you know I wrote a couple weeks ago that I think the Republican party does need a party spokesman somebody who sort of stands and represents what the party stands for and says that over and over again ... that doesn't look like that's going to happen so I'd be happy to settle ... quite frankly a marker Rubio was a step up and take the job ... for letting him in effect ... being that person ... Rubio is articulate ... Rubio is speaks well above party principles ... and I would think that that's what we're going to hear in this state of the Union response of very twelve shape articulated and probably ... focused response to President Obama wants to listen to how another articulate Republican I gave his response of former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels have a listen ... one present Obama claims that the state of our union is anything but gray ... the most no one is heart that this is not true ... the president did not cause the economic and fiscal crises that continuing American tonight ... but he was elected on a promise to fix them ... they cannot claim that the last three years of made things anything but worse ... the percentage of Americans with the job is that the lowest in decades ... one in five man of prime working age and ... nearly half of all persons under thirty ... did not go to work today ... Mitch Daniels articulate well spoken guy everything he said there was true but we didn't went ... nowhere on Tuesday when settle ... on what can you learn from that went into the Mitch Daniels response was about as good as it gets Mitch Daniels is a triptych speechwriter and he really knows how to put ideas across ... nonetheless that was back in January twenty twelve Mitch Daniels did not run for the presidency on for Chile contender for Malcolm is matter of fact had he run ... but he showed what can be done with this format was not build this into the biggest thing the Republicans have going it simply response to the stated Union ... but what you have to keep in mind is this is performance art ... and Bobby Jindal's gave that speech into thousandnine was widely panned I'd just read the speech where it was poorly organized it wasn't that he ... delivered all the Worley who is just not well done and the Republicans seem to turn this job over the people and hope they can do the best they can buy thing marker Rubio is probably gonna knock an out of the park ... whether it will carry after that remains to be seen ok Wonderland Columnist Dan Henninger on the GOP and performance art thank you for being with us ...